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I.T.A.

American

Or i.t.a.

abbreviation

Initial Teaching Alphabet.

ITA ¹ British

abbreviation

Independent Television Authority: now superseded by the IBA

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i.t.a. ² British

abbreviation

initial teaching alphabet, a partly phonetic alphabet used to teach reading

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The I.T.A. has banned Romania, Thailand, Egypt and Malaysia from competing in Tokyo because of doping violations.

From New York Times • Jul. 28, 2021

In 2010, the Federal Trade Commission issued a complaint against the I.T.A., alleging that its advertisements falsely assured customers that tanning was totally safe.

From The New Yorker • Aug. 7, 2014

I.T.A. erases inconsistencies by linking specific sounds to specific symbols.

From Time Magazine Archive

"There's a lot of macho in all this," said Mac Vernon, a spokesman for the I.T.A.

From Time Magazine Archive

Perhaps unsurprisingly, the system spurs children to gobble up I.T.A. books at a phenomenal rate.

From Time Magazine Archive

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